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Did you read what you linked? "Because of Mr. Kim's background as a technology analyst, observers speculated that the family had used online mapping to find th
by jbellis 14y ago
Did you read what you linked?
"Because of Mr. Kim's background as a technology analyst, observers speculated that the family had used online mapping to find their route. However, Mrs. Kim told state police that they had used a paper road map, an account supported by the Oregon State Police, which reported that the Kims had used an official State of Oregon highway map."
- yock 14y agoIt's still relevant to the posted article, though perhaps not exactly for the reasons stated.
- bane 14y agoNo I didn't, I the original search for him and his family and the immediate aftermath that there was a great deal of discussion about them getting lost due to following a bad GPS route.
- pm90 14y agoI don't think they used GPS though. But here is another story where the GPS was misleading (Disclaimer: It was pointed out to me by another hn reader, although I don't know exactly who): http://www.usaprepares.com/survival/husband-died-just-six-miles-from-help-after-he-and-wife-got-lost-in-wild-because-of-gps-he-died-trying-to-raise-alarm-but-she-survived-for-seven-weeks-by-staying-put http://www.usaprepares.com/survival/husband-died-just-six-mi...
- bane 14y agoI might be mixed up on it. Gosh it's hard to imagine that was six years ago.